Senior Project Engineer: Energy Management

• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Location: Richards Bay, South Africa

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a Senior Project Engineer: Energy Management to plan and oversee decarbonisation projects throughout the project cycle from the initial idea through to completion by coordinating people and processes to deliver projects on time, within budget and with the desired outcomes aligned to objectives withing the Energy Management Department .

The Energy Management Department is responsible to ensure the development, implementation, monitoring and sustainability of the company's energy management and emissions reduction initiatives in line with company's strategy and statutory requirements.

Reporting to the Manager: Energy Management and working in a collaborative community within local team, you will be performing the following duties:

• Ensure effective Technical and Project execution - compile, develop and assist with project planning, scoping and approval toward supporting execution. Ensure effective Project management and Construction

• Monitor progress, take appropriate corrective action and ensure adherence to programs and liaison between the various stakeholders.
• Cost and budget control - Compilation of the projects budget, monitoring and forecasting expenditure on a monthly basis

• SHEQ management - ensure projects are executed in a safe and timeous manner in terms of time, quality, design cost, closeout and final handover. Ensure safety, health and environmental standards and practices are implemented for assigned projects.What you'll bring

• 4-year Engineering Degree.
• Project Management qualification and Registered Pr Tech / Pr Eng with ECSA. (Advantageous).
• EB Licence
• 5 years project management in a heavy industry mining and smelter environment with relevant construction management.
• Experience in handling commercial aspects of renewable power plant projects from construction to financial close.
• Multi-disciplinary Project management experience

What we offer

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience
• Annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees
• Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans
• Wellbeing benefits
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matterEvery idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls 'progress' begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers. Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium - the world's first to be certified 'responsible' - helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life. Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) is a world leader in heavy mineral sands extraction and refining and is South Africa's largest mineral sands producer. RBM produces predominantly ilmenite, rutile and zircon - materials used in everything from paint to smartphones to sunscreen. RBM is an equal opportunity employer and preference will be given to candidates from the designated groups in line with the company's employment equity plan.
• We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome - they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.
• Every Voice Matters
• Where you'll be working
• For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers - generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.
• About Rio Tinto